The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-04-28
HENRY GEOR0E ON HONEST eovRRN-
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A few evenings since Mr.. Henry
George In addressing a labor meeting
In New York, said with force and truth,
that the days Of political shams are
numbered In this country, and that the
worklngmen will throw the full weight
of their influence in favor Of honest pol
tiles only. The New York Herald says
amen to this, and declares "lf working
men want reform, not of the pinChbeck
kind-the kind that political schemers
howl about when they want to get the
'ins' out and get themselves in-but the
genuine article, Is oarats fine, they can
have 1t by pulling altogether and pull
ing with all their strength" But In
what direction, IS regards parties as at
present constituted The Herald's
answer ia plain and to the point, and
we reproduce 1t. 1t says to the working
men:
You belong to the Democratic party
pure and simple, and minus any SHAM
That party is the party Of the masses;
therefore II is your party. You will In
sist that your rights as CIT zsns and as
wage esrners shall be jealOusly guarded
by wise and vigorous legislation Good.
You will require the leaders OF that
party to rtmOVe all unnecessary taxes
and burdens, to get rid Of a corrupting
surplus In the treasury, to put an I'm
mediate stop to the waste of the peoples
money, and to give the poor man every
possible benefit Of the situati0np Good.
You are right.
Under q Republican regime monopoly
was rampant. ses for yourselves how
it has grown during the last twenty
years. Great corporations have received
great privileges by which Q few have
become immensely rich at the expense
OF the people. That kind OF Republi-
canism was sham and a humbug. You
EXPRESSED an opinion on the subject In
1884 when you said, ave have had
enough Of you--step down" Under the
same regime your land has been stolen
by the million acre9-yOu see we are
calling a spade a spade-and the farms
your farms-Which your children or
your chtldren's children will want by
and by, have been taken from you by
hOcus pOcus mixed with perjury waist
deep
You want to check monopoly and re
claim this stolen la d2 1t can be done
and you can help to do 1t When Mr..
Cleveland went to the White House, at
your bidding, he was pledged to rip open
these . Ots for aggraRdizement. He has
BEEN opposed by inter sted parties. by
powerful cattle syndlcates, by railroad
corporations with millions AZ command
and sbrewd lobbyists In the capitol to
'infnence" legislation. But he 10 good
fighter. Your party, the party Of the
Democracy, must stand by him, During
the last two years an area of territory
more than twice the extei / 0i Ireland
has been reclaimed, and the land grab
bers have been told. you cant have 1t.
Empty your pockets of stolen property"
That's good beginning. Bnt the end
Is not yet. There is little use In clean
ing out one corner and leaving tht others
dirty. Your votes, your enc' ursGt ment.
are a bosom which you put In bis hands.
Give him another one, dozen II he
needs them, and tell him to sweep all
the rubbish out of doors and give us
clean place to live In"
''The people are on top" says the Her
aid In conclusion, land they intend to
stay there. They can be trusted, They
are the heart as we'll as the slnews of
the country. They form the bulk Of the
Democratic party, and they have at hand
the we'll devised Democratic machinery
with which to make their IL fluencs felt
at every polling booth and in every leg
lslatuIe In the land"